Bootcamp 40GB error
I have a problem on boot camp where when I try to click continue but I get this message. Can anyone help?
The startup disk does not have enough space to be partitioned.
You must have at least 40GB of free space available.
Possible Fixes
It could maybe be time machine since I have it enabled. But as you know High Sierra does not give you the time machine off switch in system preferences
It could also be a disk utility partition error but you can clearly see on the image below I only have 1 partition which is my main OS hard drive
Solution 1:
You need 40 GB of 'real' free space. The 'Available including Purgeable' figure doesn't count.
This is the one you need to be 40GB minimum...
Also, why not start with virtualization instead of boot camp. With that little free space, you will have run out of growth area for macOS. You might be much happier if you had 80 GB free before you decide to wall off 40 GB or more for Boot Camp since you can’t easily reclaim or change that allocation once you start down the boot camp path.
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